A cross-sectional study to determine sex-wise prevalence of obesity in adults of Kashmiri population

Shirazi, Ibrar Bashir; Rafiq, M. M.; Hamid, Sajad

doi:10.5455/2320-6012.ijrms20140555

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“…A study by Shirazi etal also found female to male obesity prevalence ratio to be 1.26:1. 20 A study conducted by health ministry of Singapur in 1999 also reported similar findings. 29 It is interesting to note that the prevalence of morbid obesity was more in males than females (ratio 0.92:1) with peak prevalence in 40-49 years age group for both sexes.…”

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“…However, our results are not in agreement with those of Shirazi et al, where prevalence of obesity is reported to be only 7.05% in Kashmiri Population in 2014. 20 Abbas et al, and Khan et al, had also reported approximately same prevalence (7-8%) a decade earlier in 2003. 21,22 ICMR INDIAB study also reported a comparatively lower prevalence of 24.6% and 31.3% among residents of Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh respectively in 2015.…”

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Age and gender based prevalence of obesity in residents of Punjab, India

Singh¹,

Sabharwal²,

Bajaj³

et al. 2019

Int J Basic Clin Pharmacol

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Background: Obesity is recognized as a chronic disease, associated with a variety of metabolic, cardiovascular and neurological complications. Prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide, more so in the developing countries. It is affecting both sexes and all age groups. Body mass index BMI along with presence and severity of obesity associated complications are used to identify, successively increasing stages of obesity. The present study aims to study prevalence of overweight, obesity (stage 0,1,2) and morbid obesity in adult residents of Punjab state in an effort to determine burden of this lifestyle disorder in different age groups and sexes, so that a comprehensive action plan can be designed to target appropriate group with specific preventive measures .Methods: 1000 subjects were surveyed and labelled as non-obese, overweight, obese or morbid obese based on their BMI, presence and severity of obesity related complications. Point prevalence amongst different age groups of both sexes were determined and compared.Results: In study population 41.5% subjects were non-obese, 15.9% were overweight, 29.4% were obese and 13.2% were morbidly obese. The prevalence of all the 3 conditions (overweight, obesity and morbid obesity) increased with increasing age in both sexes. The prevalence was more among females of all age groups than males for ‘overweight’ and ‘obesity’. But gender based difference narrowed down with increasing severity of disease, such that female to male ratio reversed (<1) for morbid obesity. Moreover, peak prevalence of overweight and obesity were attained little later in females as compared to males. However, for morbid obesity peak prevalence is seen in same age group (40-49 years) in both sexes.Conclusions: Overweight and obesity are more prevalent among females of all age groups than males with peak prevalence achieved little later in females as compared to males. However, gender based differences in prevalence decreased as severity increased and morbid obesity was more prevalent among males than females.

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confidence: 74%